LSU vs. Auburn, high school football and volleyball

So besides the usual (physical therapy 3 x's a week and a few piano lessons), my last couple of weeks have included the following:

A wedding shower for a family friend. It was fun! It was in Hammond and I had to drive from the church to my parents' house in the rain, though, and that was NOT fun! I waited around for a little bit to see if the rain would subside but I figured I would have been waiting there all night so I just bit the bullet and drove.

We watched the LSU vs. Auburn game at my parents' house that night. We had Louisiana sausage (had to oven bake it because of the rain but it was still delicious) and ordered pizza. There were about 15 people there (if you count the kids). Here are a couple of pics:

Jared with the girls (he always steals Brenna from me!):

LSU made the winning touchdown with ~1 minute left!:

LSU 26, Auburn 21! GEAUX TIGERS!

I stayed that night at my parents' house because I played a special musical # in their ward the next morning.

I was in charge of a Cub Scout pack meeting last Thursday. It went really well and the boys had fun. I went to a high school football game Friday night. I went to see one of the young women in my ward--she made drum major and it was their first home game. I stood on my feet too much Thursday night and sitting in the bleachers (even with a bleacher chair) was too much for my back so I lay in bed all day Saturday and watched college football all day. I was supposed to go up to the church that night to watch the Women's Conference but I didn't feel up to it so I Tivo'd it and watched the LSU game, instead. They beat Mississippi State 34-24. LSU is now #3! Last night, I went to a high school girls' volleyball game to see another couple of young women in my ward play. They finally won in the 5th set! The game lasted much longer than I thought it would but it was fun and worth the back ache I have today from sitting in the bleachers (once again with a bleacher chair).

So that's what been hap'nin'. Not too much going on this week. The weekend will be calm because it's General Conference weekend--we'll just watch it here at home--and LSU doesn't play this weekend. :( I'm looking forward to hearing the prophet speak, though!

Fun Quiz

I got this from my friend, Becki's, blog. I would love to know your answers!

Here are the rules: I have to answer the following questions with one word answers and one word only!
1. Where is your cell phone? here
2. Where is your significant other? work
3. Your hair color? brown
4. Your mother? eccentric
5. Your father? hard-working
6. Your favorite thing? LSU
7. Your dream last night? none
8. Your dream/goal? stay-at-home-mom
9. The room you're in? scrapbook
10. Your hobby? scrapbooking
11. Your fear? wrecks
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? mom
13. Where were you last night? game
14. What you're not? healthy
15. One of your wish-list items? Blackberry
16. Where you grew up? Louisiana
17. The last thing you did? typed
18. What are you wearing? clothes
19. Your TV? BIG
20. Your pet? gorgeous
1. Your computer? fun
22. Your mood? average
23. Missing someone? family
24. Your car? Intrigue
25. Something you're not wearing? bra
26. Favorite store? scrapbook
27. Your summer? humid
28. Love someone? Jared
29. Your favorite color? any
30. When is the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? yesterday

Post-Utah

So I got home from Utah Friday night (9/5). Our electricity had come on Thursday afternoon so I got home to a nice, air-conditioned house with all the modern conveniences, except internet (which came on the next Monday night). Unfortunately, Jared had given away or thrown out our freezer food so we didn't have much "real" food in the house and electricity was still out through most of Baton Rouge and around our town so it wasn't worth braving Wal-Mart. Then, we heard about Ike maybe coming our way so we put of major grocery shopping even longer. I don't know how many times we've eaten canned soup the past week & 1/2!

The day after I got home, I enjoyed my day by watching college football. The only let-down was that the LSU game had been post-poned due to all the damage and power outages around Baton Rouge and damage to Tiger Stadium. Church was cancelled on Sunday because there was still not power at our building yet.

Monday night, Jared's sister, Michelle and her family came to visit us. I had dinner ready for them when they got there. Tuesday, we went and ate at Waffle House (the girls really wanted to eat there), then we drove to Ponchatoula to go to the alligator farm but it was closed due to damage from the hurricane so we took them on a swamp walk, instead. Here are a few pics:

After eating dinner that night, I played dress-up with the girls (they tried on my clothes, ha ha!)--they had a blast!:And Jared had fun playing with the baby:

On Wednesday, we just hung out most of the day, then Jared took them all to Bass Pro Shop and to Wal-Mart--I stayed home because my back wasn't feeling up to all that walking around and standing. We had pizza for dinner, then I scrapbooked with the girls; we made a few pages of pictures they had taken on their trip so far. They left at 3:30 the next morning and we really miss them! It was so fun having them here!

Other than that, the only thing I've done (besides physical therapy and teach piano lessons) is go to my brother's house to watch the LSU game. We smashed N. Texas 41-3. My nieces were extra cute in their LSU cheerleader outfits:

Not too much on the agenda for the rest of the week, besides physical therapy and piano lessons. I'll be at my parents' house watching the LSU game Saturday night and I will stay the night there because I was asked to play a special musical # in their ward on Sunday. TTFN!

Videos of Carma

Here are a few quick videos of Carma that I never got around to posting before I left Utah:

Here she is trying to do a hula dance:

Aunt Nikki teaching her some ghetto talk:

This one's for Ben:

She is one very cute, very funny girl!!

Baptism, Utah, Gustav

Well, it's been fairly uneventful here in Utah. Between Kiki being pregnant and on semi-bedrest and my back and neck problems, we both haven't been able to do very much so we've spent most of the time here at her house. Kind of sucks that I haven't been able to go out and enjoy this awesome weather and beautiful mountains. My back just hurts too much to do anything. I even opted out of playing putt-putt with everyone (except Kiki and Carma, of course) and I haven't made one trip to a scrapbook store--so you KNOW I'm in bad shape! :) My parents' flight here was cancelled in that big airline communication break-down so they decided to drive. So, instead of getting here the same day I did, they got here 3 days later (on Friday).

Judson's baptism (along with his twin cousins) was Saturday morning. They were so cute! Here's a pic of Juddy:
There was a luncheon after the baptism at Michael's parents' house. Because of the hurricane, the LSU football game was moved up to the same time as the baptism so we missed the first half. It was supposed to be televised on ESPN but, because of the time change, it was on ESPN Classics, instead, and we didn't get to watch it because they don't have that channel here at their house. Oh well. At least they SMOKED them!!!

I also took pics of Carma in the Southern belle dress. She LOVED wearing it!! She was so excited! I just have to say that she is SO sweet and funny! Every minute with her is either entertaining or good for your ego. :)


On Labor Day, we BBQ'd ribs (SO yummy!!!) and had pot roast, baked potatoes, homemade bread, and corn on the cob. And we played games and just had fun together.

And here are some other random pics from the past few days:
I have some really funny videos of Carma I want to post but I've been sitting here at the computer waaaaaay too long and my back and neck are killing me! So I'll try to post those tomorrow.

About Gustav:
I spent Monday worrying about Jared and our house, and Ben and Becky. Jared worked most of the weekend, even staying overnight, so he was home all day on Monday, the day Gustav hit. Becky had to work at the hospital so Ben decided to stay there with her and they sent Belle and Brenna with Becky's parents, sister, nephew and my brother, Tim. They were supposed to go to Memphis but ended up going to Montgomery, AL, instead. Everyone is OK, and all of our homes are good. I am so grateful that it ended up not being as bad as initially predicted! Now we just all need to get our electricity back. Ours went out at 10am Monday morning. If it doesn't come back on by tomorrow evening, I may try to have my ticket changed to fly home later. We'll see. I hope the power comes on soon!!! But if that is all that happened from the storm, I call us all lucky, lucky, lucky!!!